“As for religious faith, a lack of it shouldn't stop us from doing good deeds for their own sake.”

“Sin so contaminates every area of our being that deeds done in religious service are tainted with self-love, self-seeking, self-worship...Not only do our evil deeds comdemn us, even our moral deeds damn us.”

“A good deed, "said the prophet Mohammed, "is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another."Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding efforts on the doer?Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the verything that produces worry and fear and melancholia.”

“Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.”

“Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being.”

“Worry has everything to do with lack of faith, and lack of faith has a lot to do with not believing in yourself as much as you believe in others.”